Breaking: Labor has retained the seat of Northcote in Melbourne’s inner-north by less than 200 votes after the distribution of preferences, in a hard fought campaign against the Greens | vicvotes Northcote
Labor has retained the seat of Northcote in Melbourne’s inner-north by less than 200 votes after the distribution of preferences, in a hard fought campaign against the Greens that takes the Andrews government closer to the high watermark of 55 seats won in the 2018 “Danslide”.
Kat Theophanous held the seat with a 0.22 per cent margin, 184 votes more than Greens candidate Campbell Gome on a two-party preferred basis, following a calculation by the Victorian Electoral Commission on Tuesday afternoon. Greens candidate for Northcote Campbell Gome still trails ALP incumbent Kat Theophanous, but the gap is narrowing.The results tightened dramatically after absentee votes were added to the tally in the days after Gome conceded last Thursday.“My concession still stands,” he wrote on Twitter on Tuesday, prior to the final calculation.Theophanous, who survived a 1.
Nathan Lambert is expected to retain the northern suburbs seat for Labor, which would take the Andrews government to 54 out of 88 lower house seats, despite a 19 per cent swing towards independent Gaetano Greco who campaigned on the future of the Preston Market.The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights.
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